Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 05/08

20080125919 - Communication system and electronic control unit including communication system for vehicle control: The communication system including a master device and a plurality of slave devices communicatably connected to the master device is configured such that a selected one of the slave devices which is applied with a communication permission signal from the master device through a corresponding one of control lines performs... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080125920 - Unmanned airborne vehicle for geophysical surveying: An un-manned airborne vehicle (UAV), for acquiring aeromagnetic data for geophysical surveying at low altitude on land or over water, comprising an extended fuselage that is adapted to hold and maintain magnetometer and a magnetic compensation magnetometer at a minimum distance from the avionics and propulsion systems of the UAV.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080125921 - Aviation yoke hsi interface and flight deck control indicator and selector safety system: An aviation yoke HSI interface and flight deck control indicator and selector safety system enhances flight safety. The system incorporates a multi-controlled HSI with a yoke heading adjustment control, a yoke VOR radial selector, and a yoke heading centering control positioned on the captain yoke. The system may also incorporate... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20080125922 - Method and apparatus for handling data and aircraft employing same: These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20080125923 - Standby instrument for the instrument panel of a low-maintenance aircraft: The present invention relates to a standby instrument for the instrument panel for use on aircraft. The standby instrument comprising means for calculating and displaying flight information based on data supplied by devices incorporated in a standby system, comprises means of calculating a representation of the devices and their links... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080125924 - System, method, and computer software code for optimized fuel efficiency emission output, and mission performance of a diesel powered system: A method for operating a diesel powered system having at least one diesel-fueled power generating unit, the method including evaluating an operating characteristic of the diesel powered system, comparing the operating characteristic to a desired value to satisfy a mission objective, and adjusting the operating characteristic to correspond to the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080125925 - Watercraft steering device and watercraft: A watercraft steering device can include at least one of steerage status detection device configured to detect a steerage status following an operation of the steering wheel, running status detecting device configured to detect a running status of the watercraft, watercraft propulsion unit status recognition device configured to recognize a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080125926 - Electric vehicle control device: A plurality of electric devices constituting an electric vehicle control device (6) are arranged as a unitary block of a frame and a case. A fixed unit (6a) is arranged at several positions on a horizontal plane between the upper end and the lower end of the electric control device... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080125927 - Operating method for a hybrid drive: The invention relates to a method for operating a drive train (1) comprising an internal combustion engine (2), an electric motor (10) and an automatic transmission (11), in which, during an operating state with the electric motor (10) switched on and the internal combustion engine (2) switched off, the internal... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080125928 - Range maximization of a hybrid vehicle operating in an electric vehicle operating state: A vehicle has a powertrain including an engine and at least one electric machine. A method for maximizing range capability of the vehicle while operating in an electric vehicle operating state includes determining an incipient electric vehicle operating state of the powertrain, setting a preferred charge/discharge rate of an electric... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080125932 - Abnormality detecting device, abnormality detecting method, and computer readable medium storing an abnormality detecting program: An abnormality of a current sensor or a voltage sensor is detected. An abnormality detecting section reads out a charging/discharging current I of a secondary battery detected by the current sensor and a battery voltage V of the secondary battery, calculates an estimated battery voltage Vs on the basis of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080125930 - Automatic engine fuel flow monitoring and alerting fuel leak detection method: A method for automatically monitoring and alerting a fuel leak downstream of an engine fuel flow meter in an aircraft is provided. The method uses existing engine sensor data to input into a predetermined parameter model to predict the nominal fuel flow, and also compares fuel flow between a left... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080125931 - Method and an instrument for determining the limiting parameter of a turboshaft engine: The present invention relates to a method and to an instrument for determining the limiting margin of a surveillance parameter of a turboshaft engine. During a preliminary stage, a secondary processor means (11) determines a preliminary comfort margin. Thereafter, during a main stage, it estimates a useful comfort margin from... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080125929 - Torque estimator for internal combustion engine: An apparatus for the determination of engine torque comprises a neural network receiving engine operational data, such as crankshaft rotation data, and providing an output corresponding to engine torque. The neural network may be, for example, a recurrent neural network (RNN) that is configured using training data obtained using a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080125933 - Prognostic condition assessment decision aid: Methods and systems for prognostic condition assessment decision aid of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a schedule of missions and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles, comprising receiving data from the fleet of vehicles for missions and maintenance activity, determining mission and... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080125936 - Method for controlling car computer and apparatus thereof: A method for controlling a car computer is provided. An operation mode is received, and the operation mode selectively selects a user input interface from a plurality of user input interfaces. Next, in response to the selection of the operation mode, an operating signal of the user input interface is... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080125937 - Method for operating a motor vehicle with a large number of function systems: A method for operating a motor vehicle having multiple functional systems is provided, in which a set of profile specifications is stored in a storage medium of the motor vehicle, and the at least one functional system is configured in accordance with this set of profile specifications. A set of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080125934 - System and method for controlling a vehicle engine: An engine configured to drive a compressor of a vehicle air conditioning system is controlled based on a threshold condition. In at least one embodiment, a comfort-level selection is received, a threshold condition is determined based on the comfort-level, and a vehicle interior condition is detected. The engine is requested... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080125935 - System and method for controlling a vehicle engine: Systems and methods to control an engine configured to drive a compressor of a vehicle air conditioning system having a desired temperature are provided. A time until a threshold is reached is determined based on an environment condition and a vehicle interior condition. A request for the engine to run... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080125938 - Automated automobile guidance system: An automobile guidance system having an automobile with an exterior, a gas pedal, a brake pedal, and a steering wheel. The system also has a global positioning system and a plurality of ultrasound/radiofrequency detectors/transmitters in communication with a control unit within the automobile. The control unit receives information from the... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080125939 - Method for guiding a vehicle into a parking space and parking assistance device: Disclosed is a method for steering a vehicle to be parked in reverse into a parking gap where a nominal parking trajectory of the vehicle is determined by a control unit and where a steering angle of the steered wheels of the vehicle that must be set for negotiating the... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080125941 - Occupant detection and warning system for overheated vehicles: A control system includes a temperature sensor, an occupant detector, and a responsive circuit for activating a warning horn or to provide ventilation when an occupant is sensed in a dangerously hot passenger compartment. The circuit is passively actuated, such as by using a switch system incorporating a shape memory... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080125942 - System and method for digging navigation: Alternatively, the system and method include placing a GPS receiver on a ground breaking equipment; calculating the location of the utility asset being installed responsive to the location of the GPS receiver placed on the ground breaking equipment according to predetermined length or angle of components of the ground breaking... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080125943 - Programmable steerable robot particularly useful for cleaning swimming pools: A programmable steerable robot, particularly useful for cleaning swimming pools, includes: a body member; a first ground-engaging rotary propelling device at one side of the body member; a second ground-engaging rotary propelling device at an opposite side of the body member; a rotary brush carried by the body member engageable... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080125944 - Vehicle control apparatus: A vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention involves a neutral control unit that executes a neutral control that sets power transmission of the forward clutch to not more than a predetermined value while the vehicle is stopped, a brake hold control unit that executes a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080125945 - Method for controlling 3-2 shift before stopping of automatic transmission and system thereof: A method and system for controlling a 3→2 shift before stopping of an automatic transmission reduces shift shock as a consequence of an operation of a control duty being delayed according to an angular velocity of an engine at a shift start point in the 3→2 shifting process before stopping.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080125946 - Predictive determination of a gear ratio change: A method for predictive determination of gear ratio changes in an electronically controlled transmission. Environment data (12), driver/vehicle data (11) and information about a first proposed gear (10) are fed to a correcting module (13) which comprises at least one driving situation module (14) and a determining module (15). The... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080125947 - Tire ground contact pattern specifying method and apparatus thereof: There is provided a tire ground contact pattern specifying method and an apparatus thereof for specifying a tire ground contact pattern usable to perform the stable control of a running vehicle. Using a sensor unit 100 mounted in each tire 2 of a vehicle 1, accelerations generated in X, Y... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080125948 - Brake control method and brake control device: A brake control device includes a braking device provided to a wheel, the braking device having a function of applying a brake force to the wheel while adjusting the brake force. The brake control device includes: an acceleration sensor for outputting acceleration data of acceleration acting on the rotating tire... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080125949 - Method for operating a motor vehicle: In a method for operating a motor vehicle, the actual distance of the vehicle that is to be operated from a vehicle driving in front of the vehicle that is to be operated is detected, and the speed of the vehicle that is to be operated is influenced automatically such... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080125940 - Electronics-containing airbag module: An airbag deployment system including at least one module housing, at least one deployable airbag associated with each housing, an inflator associated with each housing for inflating the airbag(s) to deploy into the passenger compartment, an airbag inflation determination unit for determining that deployment of the airbag(s) is/are desired, and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080125950 - Gas turbine engine having on-engine data storage device: An on-engine data storage device for a gas turbine engine includes a housing, an interface device, and a memory device. The interface device can communicate with a peripheral device. The memory device is mounted within the housing and is operable to store engine data related to the gas turbine engine.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080125951 - Torque based engine speed control: A method of achieving a desired engine speed of an internal combustion engine includes determining the desired engine speed, calculating a slow response torque value based on the desired engine speed and calculating a fast response torque value based on the desired engine speed. A slow response actuator command and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080125954 - Controller and controlling method for internal combustion engine: A base engine torque generated with an estimated intake air amount is estimated. An engine torque is corrected by correcting an ignition timing based on a difference between a required engine torque and the base engine torque. A torque correction amount is calculated based on a correction amount of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080125953 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: According to the invention, prior to or during an intermediate compression around the upper dead center of a piston of an internal combustion engine during a change in charge a predetermined first fuel mixture is metered into the combustion chamber of the respective cylinder. During the intermediate compression, measured values... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080125952 - Method for operating a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine: A fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine includes a piezoelectric actuator and a valve element that are coupled to one another. The valve element has a pressure stage. An increase in the force acting on the piezoelectric actuator is interpreted as an actual opening of the valve element,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080125955 - Control strategy to better usage of fuel in gaseous engine: A method for operating a fueling system in a vehicle having an engine capable of burning gaseous fuel supplied from at least a first and second source to a direct fuel injector of the engine, the first source having a higher source pressure than the second source, the method comprises... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080125956 - Valve timing controller for engine: A valve timing controller of an engine reduces degradation of drivability such as a feeling of jumping out of a vehicle and achieves a rapid increase in engine output according to a throttle operation amount. An ECU shifts a phase of a cam shaft toward a control target value A... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080125957 - Method of operating an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle: A method of operating an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle has the steps of determining angular positions of a crankshaft and a camshaft from signals of two detecting devices, monitoring a relative angular position of one of the shafts relative to the other of the shafts, and, depending... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080125958 - Method and system for calculating least-cost routes based on historical fuel efficiency, street mapping and location based services: This disclosure outlines a method, which enables a vehicle driver to achieve increased fuel efficiency by implementing least-cost route planning based on terrain data and derived from advanced mapping, logging and location based services. Actual fuel efficiency is recorded and correlated by vehicle conditions, time of day and date, and... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20080125961 - Method of converting mode of user interface of mobile terminal: A method of converting a mode of a user interface in a mobile terminal. The method of converting a mode of a user interface of a mobile terminal having a 4-way navigation key includes determining whether a corner direction press signal of the 4-way navigation key is input in a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080125959 - Method, system and computer program for detecting and monitoring human activity utilizing location data: A method, system and computer program for detecting and displaying a person's activity-travel pattern over time and space is provided. Person-based location data is acquired by a personal communication device and processed in accordance with an algorithm. The invention goes beyond applications that focus on the detection of the current... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20080125960 - System and method for terminal charts, airport maps and aeronautical context display: A method of controlling a display of geographical data to assist in the navigation of a mobile platform (such as a train, ship, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The method includes determining a map associated with the navigation of the mobile platform into or out of a terminal and generating... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080125963 - In-vehicle navigation apparatus: When a vehicle passes through an entrance IC entering a toll road, a present position of the vehicle changes discontinuously because of increased detection error. Continuity is lost between a designated travel road and a history of past designated travel roads. Designation of a correct entrance IC fails. Even in... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080125962 - System and method for electronic moving map and aeronautical context display: A system and method for controlling a display of geographical data on a primary display device to assist in navigating a mobile platform such as an aircraft, ship, train, land-based motor vehicle, etc. The system includes a graphical user interface module (GUI) for receiving a plurality of user inputs, and... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080125964 - Tracking system and method with automatic map selector and geo fence defining features: The tracking system monitors many trackable devices each transmitting geographic locus, device id and event data via GPS, GPRS or GSM communications channels. The system is typically an ASP model and presents a dynamic display of the tracking device data to the user-customer. The system dynamically displays tracking data and... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080125965 - Tracking system and method with automatic map selector and geo fence defining features: The tracking system monitors many trackable devices each transmitting geographic locus, device id and event data via GPS, GPRS or GSM communications channels. The system is typically an ASP model and presents a dynamic display of the tracking device data to the user-customer. The system dynamically displays tracking data and... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080125966 - Navigation device and facility image display method: The invention provides a navigation device and a facility image display method, whereby a user can recognize various types of information about a facility from the image corresponding to the facility. The navigation device includes road information, etc., used for drawing map images; facility information including the nodes of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080125967 - System and method for sending destination locations to navigation devices: A navigation device receives a destination location to automatically calculate a route to the destination location over a wireless network. The destination location may be generated by a third party at a remote computer or wireless device. The destination location may be entered into the remote computer or wireless device,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080125968 - Apparatus, system, and method for autonomously determining a set of destinations: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomously determining a set of destinations. A landmark module stores a plurality of landmarks from a database. An identification module identifies a first current location and direction of the vehicle. In response to receiving a help command from the help button, a... Agent: Brian C. Kunzler Kunzler And Associates

20080125969 - Method and apparatus for providing geospatial and temporal navigation: A method and apparatus for processing at least one information feed are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one content via at least one automated feed. The method associates the at least one content to one or more geographical locations on a map, wherein the one or more... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080125970 - Traffic safety pylon with gps locating and rf signalling: An intelligent traffic safety cone or pylon is placed in a traffic lane of a roadway to mark the beginning or end of a roadway traffic obstruction. The pylon has a GPS sensor disposed at the top of the body portion that rises from the pylon base. A battery is... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20080125971 - Method and apparatus for improving accuracy and/or integrity of long-term-orbit information for a global-navigation-satellite system: A method and apparatus for monitoring a configuration of satellites to maintain integrity of LTO information in a GNSS receiver of a GNSS or other positioning system is described. The method may include obtaining broadcast ephemeris transmitted from at least one satellite of a constellation of satellites; comparing the broadcast... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080125972 - Vehicle position determination system: A vehicle position determination system can determine a position of a first moving vehicle relative to at least one other moving vehicle and to non-moving objects. An information communication system transported by a first moving vehicle can be operable to receive from the at least one other moving vehicle an... Agent: D. K. Neff

20080119965 - Intelligent public transit system using dual-mode vehicles: A computerized system for guiding activity in a current construction project has digital memory storing information about completed and current construction projects, at least one input mechanism for a user to provide information to the digital memory concerning the current construction project, a processor system for accessing information in the... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080119968 - Microserver adapter for an avionics box: A modular adapter is attachable to an avionics box of an aircraft to enable network communication between the avionics box and other avionics boxes or controllers on the aircraft, local computing devices, and/or remote computing devices or remote servers in an external network, such as an Internet. The adapter includes... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080119967 - Onboard aircraft weight and balance system: An onboard system for determining the instantaneous weight and balance of an aircraft simply, reliably, accurately, and requiring a minimum amount of calibration includes a memory for storing previously determined breakout friction data of the aircraft's landing gear shock struts, sensors for sensing the pressures in the struts, the vertical... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080119969 - Visual display system for an aircraft: A visual display system includes a monitor for displaying a visual display; a memory having a user application definition file containing information related to the visual display; and a processor coupled to the monitor and the memory, the processor configured to receive runtime parameters from a flight management system and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080119970 - Precision approach guidance system and associated method: A precision approach guidance system that provides flying craft guidance information during a precision approach to a landing site and methods associated therewith are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes: an inertial navigation system, an onboard ranging sensor, a terrain database storing previously identified position-referenced terrain information associated with... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080119971 - Automatic turbulence detection method: The invention relates to a method for automatic detection of turbulence by a second aircraft, by information exchange between the second aircraft and at least a first aircraft. The first aircraft has means for transmitting information and the second aircraft has means for receiving the information transmitted by the first... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080119972 - Aircraft control system containing an aeronautical data base: said at least one server being able to supply information from said at least one aeronautical data base to a computer of said control computer subassembly, in a period of time less than a predetermined duration, upon request from said computer, when said information is not available in a local... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP (airbus)

20080119973 - System and method for computing rail car switching sequence in a switchyard: As embodied and broadly described herein the invention includes a system for computing a preferred sequence in which cars in a switching queue of a railway switchyard are to be sequentially switched to classification tracks. The system has a processing entity for determining within a given set of cars at... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080119974 - Watercraft steering system: A boat has a propulsion unit and a steering system. The steering system includes a steering device actuated by an electric actuator. A steering wheel operated by an operator is electrically connected to the actuator. Detectors collect data regarding one or more of operation status of the steering wheel, running... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080119975 - Hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with engine start and transmission shift arbitration: A control method and control system for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with a multiple-ratio transmission is disclosed in which engine start events are separated in time from transmission ratio shift events to effect a smooth transition from an electric drive state with the engine off to a drive state... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080119976 - Prognostic for loss of high-voltage isolation: A method is provided for predicting a loss of high-voltage isolation within a hybrid, electric, or fuel cell vehicle. The method includes recording the equivalent resistance between a vehicle chassis and a high-voltage bus, detecting a trend in the measurements, and predicting when the resistance will drop below a threshold... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080119977 - Control unit and computer program for controlling a drive assembly of a vehicle: A control unit and a computer program for controlling a drive assembly, of a vehicle. Traditionally, in such a control unit, numerous functional units are provided, for instance, a functional unit drive, engine coordinator, diagnosis manager, etc. In the case especially of a change in the drive assembly that is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080119978 - Method and apparatus for wheel assembly force moment arm measurement: A machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system configured to measure non-traditional vehicle wheel alignment angles and to determine dynamic behavior of a vehicle suspension system by observing optical targets or visible features, attached to points of interest on the vehicle body or vehicle wheels. The vehicle wheel alignment system characterizes... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080119979 - Methods and apparatus for interfacing external systems with vehicle electronic systems: One embodiment is directed to providing access between external systems and embedded vehicle electronic systems. That is, an interface module may receive information from a system external to the vehicle, determine an embedded system of the vehicle to which to provide the information, and provide the information to the embedded... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080119980 - Adaptive communication between a vehicle telematics unit and a call center based on acoustic conditions: A method of adaptively communicating between a telematics unit of a vehicle and a call center based on acoustic conditions. A communication session is initiated between a telematics unit and a call center and vehicle sensors are monitored for acoustics-related parameters. The acoustics-related parameters are analyzed, and it is determined... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080119981 - Obd ii-compliant diagnostic pc tablet and method of use: An OBD II-compliant diagnostic PC tablet and method are provided. The tablet enables the simultaneous display of diagnostic data from multiple systems. Further, the tablet enables retrieval of potential solutions in response to the diagnostic data. The tablet may be used to retrieve the diagnostic data from a given vehicle... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080119982 - Power consumption recording apparatus and program for the same: A power consumption recording apparatus is provided that can perform the following for multiple travels of a section traveled by the vehicle. The apparatus can detect as many power consumption events used by the vehicle as the multiple travels. When the vehicle has traveled a given section, the apparatus detects... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080119983 - Method for making vehicle-related data available to an authorized third party: A method for obtaining vehicle-related data from a vehicle equipped with a telematics unit and making that data temporarily available to a third party that has been approved by an authorized user, such as the vehicle owner. This enables the authorized user to decide which third parties, if any at... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080119984 - Tripped rollover mitigation and prevention systems and methods: A rollover stability control system for a vehicle may include an object information device. An active suspension or an active steering system may be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle. The rollover system may include a lateral support system. A controller determines that an obstacle is an imminent tripping... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080119986 - Absolute steering angle detecting device: There is provided an absolute steering angle detecting device for detecting an absolute steering angle of a steering control device of a vehicle, including a sensor wheel 18c adapted to rotate by linking with rotation of the steering control device, a magnetism detector 18g having a bridge circuit made up... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080119985 - Controller sense inverter for powered vehicles having a rotating turret: A rotating turret vehicle having steering controls in the turret, has the sense of those controls reversed when the turret faces to the rear of the vehicle. Thus, when the operator faces the rear of the vehicle due to turret rotation, the sense of the controls are reversed so he... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080119988 - Steering angle control apparatus for vehicle: A steering angle control apparatus for a vehicle includes a first calculating means calculating a longitudinal force, a second calculating device calculating a longitudinal force difference between at least one of right side wheels and at least one of left side wheels based on the longitudinal force, a third calculating... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080119987 - Steering angle detection by means of esc and epas: The invention relates to a method for detecting a steering wheel position of a motor vehicle which has an evaluation unit and a servo-assisted steering device, a position sensor being assigned to the servo-assisted steering device. After loss of an on-board power system voltage, the servo-assisted steering device conducts a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080119989 - Child abandonment protection system: A system and method for preventing the unintentional abandonment or leaving of a child in an unattended vehicle utilizes an electronic system installed on a vehicle and a sensor installed on a child safety or car seat, or on a vehicle itself, to detect when a child has been unintentionally... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.c.

20080119991 - Communication device and passive safety device: A communication device for securing a capacity of a backup power supply is provided. The communication device is connected to a power supply and a backup power supply, and communicates according to a CAN protocol. An air bag system has a battery, a booster circuit, a backup power supply, a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080119990 - Vehicle air bag control system: A vehicle air bag control system includes an impact detector for detecting impact on a vehicle and for outputting an impact detection signal, an air bag deployment determination means for outputting a deployment command when the impact detection signal is more than a predetermined value, a state estimation means for... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080119993 - Exterior airbag deployment techniques: Externally deployed airbag system for a vehicle including one or more inflatable airbags deployable outside of the vehicle, an anticipatory sensor system for assessing the probable severity of an impact involving the vehicle based on data obtained prior to the impact and initiating inflation of the airbag(s) in the event... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080119994 - Vehicular user hospitality system: A vehicular user hospitality system is provided for detecting a condition of a user, and for controlling operations of a vehicular devices autonomously in the manner most desired (or estimated to be desired) by the user. A content of an operation of a hospitality operation portion changes in accordance with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080119995 - Control apparatus and method for controlling an adjusting device in a motor vehicle: A control apparatus for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle has a sensor for generating a signal which is dependent on a drive movement of a drive in the adjusting device and has a processor which is set up for an evaluation function for a parameter in the time... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20080119996 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for controlling a side support portion on the basis of a road shape includes a control program cooperating with a car navigation system, a self-directed control program, a sensor error detecting program, and a map matching error detecting program, wherein, during the side support portion is executed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080119997 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, includes a main support control means for moving a side support portion inwardly and outwardly by means of a driving portion depending on a road shape, a support control means for operating the side support portion on the basis of an electronic map data... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080119998 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle including a motor for operating a side support portion, includes, a sensor for detecting that the vehicle is driven on a curve, a distance between curves calculating program for calculating a distance between curves, and a control state determining program for determining a control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080119999 - Gps altitude data for transmission control systems and methods: A control system for controlling a transmission of a vehicle including a telematics system is provided. The system includes: a grade module that determines a current grade based on an altitude signal received from the telematics system; a force balance module that computes a vehicle mass based on a force... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120002 - Control architecture and method for two-dimensional optimization of input speed and input torque in mode for a hybrid powertrain system: There is provided a control system for a powertrain system including an electro-mechanical transmission that is selectively operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes. The control system is adapted to execute the following steps, comprising determining a range of permissible engine input speeds and a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120000 - Control architecture for optimization and control of a hybrid powertrain system: There is provided a control system for a powertrain system including an electro-mechanical transmission that is selectively operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes. The control system is adapted to execute the following steps in the sequence set forth as follows. A preferred operating range... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120001 - Control architecture for selection of optimal mode or gear and input speed for a hybrid powertrain system: There is provided a method and control system for a powertrain system comprising an internal combustion engine and first and second electrical machines and an electro-mechanical transmission selectively operative to transmit torque therebetween and operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes. The method comprises monitoring... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120003 - Vehicle behavior control system and method: A vehicle behavior control system includes: a first drive power control unit that executes a turning control over right and left drive wheels of a vehicle to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle based on a drive power difference between the right and left drive wheels; a second drive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080120004 - Brake control apparatus: A brake control apparatus for a wheeled vehicle includes wheel cylinders; a pump hydraulically connected to the wheel cylinders for pressurizing the wheel cylinders; a motor for driving the pump; control valves hydraulically connected between the pump and respective ones of the wheel cylinders for allowing fluid communication therebetween with... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080120006 - Vehicle skid control device, automobile with vehicle skid control device mounted thereon, and vehicle skid control method: Under the condition of a large variation ΔTm in motor torque demand Tm*, the significant torque change may lead to some vibration of a vehicle to temporarily heighten an angular acceleration α. The temporary rise of the angular acceleration α may cause the angular acceleration α to exceed a preset... Agent: John C. Altmiller Kenyon & Kenyon

20080119966 - Wireless sensing and communication system for traffic lanes: Wireless sensing and communication system including sensors located on the vehicle, in the roadway or in the vicinity of the vehicle or roadway and which provide information which is transmitted to one or more interrogators in the vehicle by a wireless radio frequency mechanism. Power to operate a particular sensor... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080119992 - Air bag module with actuatable vent part: An apparatus (10b) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14b). An inflation fluid source is actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating the protection device (14b). A structure (320) for supporting the protection device (14b) in the vehicle includes a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell, & Tummino L.l.p.

20080120005 - Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle: A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll condition generated by the roll condition detectors (64A-C) to determine a wheel lift condition.... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080120010 - Air amount computing unit and fuel control unit of internal combustion engine: There is provided an air amount computing unit, and a fuel control unit, of an internal combustion engine that calculates a cylinder flow-in air amount during a transient state without response delay and so as not to have any inflection point in changes of flow rate and that allows a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080120011 - Control device for vehicle driving apparatus: The present invention provides, in a vehicle driving apparatus that includes an internal combustion engine 6 and electric motors M1 and M2, a control device that can provide both confined noise reduction and fuel efficiency improvement. A control device 40 includes a confined noise reduction means 98 that controls the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080120009 - Engine torque control at high pressure ratio: A method of controlling a torque output of an internal combustion engine includes determining a pressure ratio, determining a reference torque based on the pressure ratio and a torque request, calculating a desired throttle area based on the reference torque and regulating operation of the engine based on the desired... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120008 - Flex-fuel variable displacement engine control system and method: A method for operating an engine having at least one cylinder that may be deactivated and a fuel system operating with an alcohol fuel blend, comprising of adjusting a range of operating parameters in which the at least one cylinder is deactivated, where said range is adjusted as the alcohol... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080120007 - Method and system for multi-purposely controlling an internal-combustion engine on an engine bench testing unit: The present invention relates to a system and to a method for universal operation of an internal-combustion engine (2), comprising at least an actuator connected to a working device of the engine, an electronic card (3) comprising a programmable logic FPGA component and means (9, 10) for synchronizing the card... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080120013 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine having fuel injectors for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine. A fuel property is estimated based on a combustion state of the fuel injected into at least one cylinder of the engine. The fuel injectors are controlled so that... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080120012 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinder banks: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinder banks which allow a simple diagnosis of a faulty deactivation of the gas exchange of at least one cylinder bank, or a simple determination of the ambient pressure. In the process, in addition to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080120014 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a fuel injection ratio of an in-cylinder injector; calculating an amount of spark advance using a first map employed when the in-cylinder injector has a fuel injection ratio of one, said first map providing a timing of ignition with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080120015 - Liquid fuel detection system: A liquid fuel detection system for a fuel vapor system of a vehicle providing fuel vapor to an engine operating in closed loop includes an oxygen sensor that generates an oxygen signal based on an oxygen level in engine exhaust. An engine speed sensor generates a speed signal based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120016 - Adaptive nox emissions control for engines with variable cam phasers: A control system for adjusting levels of emissions exiting an engine includes a NOx sensor that generates a NOx signal in response to oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in an exhaust gas and a control module that communicates with the cam phaser. The rotational position of the cam phaser controls an... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120017 - Device and method for determining an adjustable variable of an internal combustion engine regulator: A device is designed for determining a pre-set air/fuel ratio in the combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The device is further designed for determining a filtered, pre-set air/fuel ratio in the combustion chamber of the cylinder by filtering the pre-set air/fuel ratio in the combustion... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080120018 - Discrete variable valve lift diagnostic systems and methods: A diagnostic system for a discrete variable valve lift system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes: a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module that generates a frequency content signal based on a FFT method and a valve impact sensor signal; and a malfunction module that selectively diagnoses... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080120019 - Drive system and control method of the same: On a first start of an engine after system activation, the start control technique of the invention gives a valve-closing instruction to close an exhaust flow changeover valve and thereby causes all the fuel exhaust introduced into an exhaust system to be discharged after transmission through an HC adsorbent (step... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080120020 - Managing an air-ground communications network with air traffic control information: Systems and methods that coordinate assignments of aircraft operating within a controlled airspace to ground radios are provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes an air traffic control (ATC) facility (12), a plurality of ground radios (16A-16C), and a network manager (20) communicatively coupled to the air traffic control... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080120021 - Guide route search device, guide route search method, and computer program thereof: A guide route search device basically includes specification means, calculation means, judgment means, and selection means. The specification means specifies a plurality of locations. The calculation means calculates the arrival time at each of the locations when successively visiting them with a certain via-sequence while eliminating passing through a place... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080120022 - Method and device for determining a route with points of interest: A method for determining routes for a digital road network system on the basis of a main route connecting a starting point to a finishing point. The method makes it possible to reach a point of interest (POI) reachable by a plurality of secondary routes intersecting the main route. An... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080120023 - Displaying images related to a requested path: A system, method and computer-readable media are disclosed for displaying images corresponding to a path. The method can include downloading a path and one or more images corresponding to positions along the path, wherein the downloaded images are actual images of an environment near the corresponding positions. Additionally, the method... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080120025 - Driving behavior prediction method and apparatus: A driving behavior prediction apparatus includes, for accurately predicting a driving behavior, a position calculation unit for a subject vehicle position calculation, a route setting unit for setting a navigation route, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance to a nearest object point, a parameter storage unit for storing... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080120024 - Technique for effective navigation based on user preferences: In a navigation device in accordance with the invention, user profiles may be stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user's personae. For example, the user business... Agent: Christie Parker & Hale, LLP

20080120026 - Loop-based route finding and navigation: A navigation system and method uses loops as opposed to existing search techniques to more expeditiously find routes on a map from a starting point to a destination. Roads on a map are traced to form one or more continuous loops. Information regarding the loops is stored for future reference.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080120027 - Loop-based route finding and navigation: A navigation system and method uses loops as opposed to existing search techniques to more expeditiously find routes on a map from a starting point to a destination. Roads on a map are traced to form one or more continuous loops. Information regarding the loops is stored for future reference.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080120028 - Using route narrative symbols: Techniques are provided for displaying a route symbol with narrative driving directions. A route symbol for a particular maneuver may be used to represent the road to which the maneuver relates. For example, one type of a route symbol that may be used to represent a road may be an... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080120029 - Wearable tactile navigation system: The wearable tactile navigation system frees you from requiring to use your eyes as there is no display, all positional information is conveyed via touch. As a compass, the device nudges you towards North. As a GPS navigator, the device orients you towards a landmark (i.e., home) and lets you... Agent: Dr. John S. Zelek

20080120030 - In-vehicle navigation apparatus: An in-vehicle navigation apparatus includes the following: a master road regulation data table which stores a master road regulation data to be associated with road segments as applied targets; a temporary road regulation data table, which is prepared apart from the master road regulation table and stores temporary road regulation... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080120031 - Tracking method: A method for tracking a moving platform (MP) wherein the MP uses an on-board navigation system (NS). Data provided by the navigation system on board the moving platform (MP) is merged with data obtained using a tracking system that tracks the MP from another location. A typical navigation system on... Agent: Yoram Tsivion

20080120032 - Methods and systems of determining bearing when ads-b data is unavailable: System, method and computer program product for determining bearing using ADS-B and TCAS standard reply bearing estimates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for determining bearing based upon ADS-B signals includes receiving ADS-B signals and standard transponder reply signals. A first bearing estimate is based on the ADS-B signal.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080114501 - Remote engine start confirmation and vehicle monitoring and control system: A remote engine start confirmation and vehicle monitoring and control system includes a transmitter and a controller capable of receiving and processing transmitter signals, the controller comprising a monitoring circuit for detecting a first pulsed voltage pattern and a second pulsed voltage pattern across the battery during an engine start... Agent: Directed Electronics, Inc.

20080114502 - System for obtaining vehicular information: System for obtaining information about a vehicle or a component therein includes sensors fixed to a frame of the vehicle and arranged to generate and transmit a signal upon receipt and detection of a radio frequency (RF) signal and a multi-element, switchable directional antenna array. Each antenna element is directed... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080114504 - Displaying and/or programming airplane systems based on clearances and/or instructions: Methods and apparatuses for receiving, by an airplane, one or more clearances and/or instructions from a control system via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane, are described herein. The system of the airplane may then facilitate a user in accepting or rejecting at... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20080114503 - Methods and systems for implementing location based noise abatement procedures: A method for controlling one or more of engine thrust cutback and engine thrust restoration is described which is related to aircraft environmental emissions abatement. The method comprises receiving aircraft location data from at least one navigational sensing system, comparing the aircraft location data against location data identifying an environmental... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080114505 - Vertical take-off and landing aircraft and vertical take-off and landing aircraft control method: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft that includes AC motors, which drive fans that propel the aircraft, and a control device for controlling the AC motors adaptively based on a thrust control amount from an attitude controller. In particular, the drive controller performs switching to convert DC from a power... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080114506 - Hard landing detection: A method and system for detecting a hard landing or other high load event of an aircraft are disclosed. A heuristic algorithm may be used to estimate loads experienced by the aircraft during landing. The heuristic algorithm may use flight parameters and/or measured sensor information to estimate the loads. The... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080114507 - System and method for situational control of mobile platform maintenance and operation: A system for managing situational events associated with a mobile platform (such as a train, ship, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The system includes an operational events module that determines if a situation regarding the mobile platform has occurred based on event input. The event input is generated by a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20080114508 - Method for repairing vehicle electronics of a motor vehicle: A method is provided for repairing vehicle electronics containing a plurality of control units on which software and a configuration code describing the configuration of the vehicle electronics in terms of hardware and software is stored. Before a defective control unit is replaced, it is checked whether the configuration of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080114509 - Rollover judgment apparatus: A rollover judgment apparatus includes a threshold change functional unit 5 for changing a determination threshold on the basis of a roll angular velocity ω, a tilt angle θv of a vehicle which is acquired by integrating the roll angular velocity ω, a lateral direction acceleration Gy, and a steering... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080114510 - Method and device for detecting a pending collision: A method and a device for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation are provided to detect, within a future time period, a pending collision with a preceding object. The transmitted radiation is FMCW-modulated, the slope of the frequency ramp is determined as a function of the transmit frequency and as a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080114512 - Method and device for triggering a reversible occupant protection function in a motor vehicle: A method for triggering a reversible occupant safety function in a motor vehicle, in which the value of a triggering parameter is determined, the value of the triggering parameter is compared with a predetermined threshold value, and the occupant protection function is triggered when the predetermined threshold value is exceeded... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080114511 - Running control apparatus for vehicle: A target yaw moment Mt of a vehicle is calculated to make the vehicle run stably (S20). The change rate φd of an accelerator pedal operation amount φ is calculated (S30). Based on the change rate φd, a proportion ωs1 for a steering angle control is calculated (S50). When the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080114513 - Steering control system and method: An electronic control system may be used to control the steering angle of a vehicle wheel. The electronic control system may be used to determine that a measured speed that a steering angle of a wheel is changing exceeds a threshold speed. The electronic control system may be used to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080114515 - Electric power steering apparatus: There is provided an electric power steering apparatus in which an electric motor for imparting a steering assist force to a steering mechanism is controlled based on a current control value which is operated from a steering assist command value which is operated based on a steering torque and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080114514 - Vehicle steering control without mechanical connection between steering wheel and steered wheels: Steering control system for a land vehicle where all the wheels are steered (1), the said steering system comprising at least one actuator (3Av) for acting on the steering angle of the at least one front steered wheel and at least one actuator (3Ar) for acting on the steering angle... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080114516 - Inflatable pusher: In one embodiment, an inflatable pusher includes a front panel and a rear panel connected to the front panel so as to define a chamber between the front and rear panels. An expandable section is coupled to the front and rear panels such that the expandable section comprises at least... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20080114517 - Method for adjusting sensitivity of load detecting device of seat for a vehicle: A method for adjusting sensitivity of a load detecting device of a seat for a vehicle includes a seat assembling step for assembling the seat with plural load sensors assembled, a zero point adjusting step for obtaining a non-load output value by totaling output values of the load sensors when... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080114518 - System for the dynamic correction of the orientation of a light source on a vehicle and the associated method: In the invention, a system is proposed for the automatic and dynamic correction of an orientation of a light beam emitted by a vehicle light source according to the attitude of the vehicle, by associating an image processing with static correction adapted to the slow variations in the attitude caused... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080114520 - Brake control method and brake control device: A brake control device is provided to a wheel equipped with a tire, which has a function of applying a brake force to the wheel to put a brake thereon while adjusting the brake force. In the device, an acceleration sensor outputs acceleration data in a radial direction of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080114521 - Engine response adjustment based on traffic conditions: A method for controlling an engine of a vehicle in response to an operator input, comprising of during a first non-cruise control condition and at first distance to a forward vehicle, adjusting engine output in response to said operator input with a first relationship; and during a second non-cruise control... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080114522 - Control apparatus for vehicular drive system: A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including an electric differential portion and a mechanical power transmitting portion which are disposed in series in a power transmitting path between an engine and a drive wheel of a vehicle, the control apparatus being configured to limit an output of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080114519 - Automatically and remotely controlled brake actuator systems: A remotely controlled brake actuator system for use with a wheeled vehicle includes a remote wireless transmitter, a wireless receiving and control unit to receive signals from the wireless transmitter, a vehicle-mounted braking arrangement, and an electronic controller operative to process signals the wireless receiver receives and to deliver electrical... Agent: Carol H. Peters Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,

20080114523 - Vehicle with contactless throttle control: A vehicle power control that includes a throttle mounting portion and a throttle that is movably mounted to the throttle mounting portion and configured for manipulation and operation by a rider. The power control also includes a sensor in contactless association with at least one of the throttle and throttle... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080114524 - Fuel injection control apparatus and method for direct injection internal combustion engine: To quickly suppress a detected decrease in engine speed in a direct injection internal combustion engine (10), a fuel injection quantity is increased by performing a supplementary fuel injection in addition to a normal fuel injection.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080114525 - Internal combustion engine apparatus, vehicle and control method of internal combustion engine apparatus: When a condition for the prediction of the occurrence transient knocking has held, that is, when a cooling water temperature θw is not less than a threshold value θwref and an intake air flow Qa is not less than a threshold value Qaref and a deviation of the intake air... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080114526 - Cylinder abnormality diagnosis unit of internal combustion engine and controller of internal combustion engine: It is determined whether an engine operating state is within a specified operating range. When the engine operating state is within the specified operating range, the air-fuel ratio of an i-th cylinder is estimated based on the detection value of the air-fuel ratio sensor, and a cylinder deviation, which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080114527 - Method of controlling fuel injection during start mode on a diesel engine: A method and system for repeatable diesel engine starts during a wide range of conditions that decouples fueling requirements during engine starting and normal engine operation.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080114528 - System and method for providing turn-by-turn directions to a moving waypoint: A system and method are disclosed for providing turn-by-turn directions to a moving waypoint where the present position of the moving waypoint is known and its future movement is constrained by a road network. The most likely future route of the moving waypoint is predicted, a rendezvous point is determined,... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080114529 - Traffic information interpolation system: In a traffic information system, the principal component analysis of the floating car data collected in the past is performed for each traffic area. From among the bases representing the traffic data collected on the road-links in the traffic area, the bases which have strong correlation to the road-links on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080114530 - Thin client intelligent transportation system and method for use therein: A thin client intelligent transportation system wherein geospatial roadmaps and map matching systems are maintained in roadside nodes and are more fully exploited. The thin client approach offers significant advantages over thick client approaches that rely on on-vehicle maps and map matching systems, including reduced complexity of on-board equipment and... Agent: Scot A. Reader

20080114531 - Communication apparatus for use in intervehicle communication system and program for same: A communication apparatus on a subject vehicle detects surrounding vehicles based on a detection result of a radar or the like for generating a subject device vehicle data list. Then, similar lists are acquired from other apparatuses for deleting co-existing vehicles from the subject device vehicle data list. Co-existing vehicles... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080114532 - Lane detecting apparatus: The present invention discloses a lane detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle including a camera for obtaining an image of a lane marking drawn on a road, a candidate line selecting part for selecting one or more candidate lines having edge information no less than an edge threshold from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080114533 - Method of providing a navigational route for a vehicle navigation system: A navigational route providing method for use with various types of vehicle navigation systems. The route providing method generally enables a user to pre-select one or more destinations and trigger events, so that navigational routes leading to the pre-selected destinations can be subsequently generated and presented to the user when... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080114534 - Navigation system and portable terminal: A navigation system of communication type enabling the user to recognize necessary information instantly without watching the display screen and a portable terminal are provided. A navigation server 20 creates data on a guidance path including a guidance point on the guidance path and guidance information on the guidance point... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080114535 - Presenting a travel route using more than one presentation style: Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-route context information. This may result... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080114536 - Location-based information delivery system for pedestrian use: A location-based multi-media information delivery system and control for pedestrian use is disclosed, designed especially for use in areas where it is not possible to determine a user's precise location. The system automatically provides a selection list of relevant information based on the user's calculated location. The system then delivers... Agent: Brian Teasley

20080114537 - Using a rotary input device to facilitate navigational charting: A method of facilitating the use of a navigational chart. The method is performed by a computer including a display and a rotary input device, e.g., a mouse wheel. A view of the navigational chart is provided on the display. Movement of the mouse wheel is detected. In response to... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20080114538 - Apparatus and method for enhancing the utilization of distance measuring devices: Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhancing the utilization of distance measuring devices using electronic communication devices. A route(s) presentable via a map or map segment may be presented via a mobile device. A distance walked, jogged, or otherwise traveled by a user of the mobile device can be determined using... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080114539 - Dynamic integrated location service system and method, and wireless terminal for supporting the system and method: A dynamic integrated location service system and method for use in the system, and a wireless terminal for supporting the system and method are disclosed. The system receives location data from terminals having location data of different types, represents the received location data in the form of a single unified... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080114540 - Apparatus for creating a navigation map: To display a navigation map for a navigation device more accurately and realistically and with less memory capacity, roads, railroad lines, rivers, lakes, and similar cartographic parameters are composed not of straight lines but of Cornu spirals. A Cornu spiral is defined by its curvature and its length.... Agent: Patrick J. O'shea, Esq. Samuels, Gauthier & Stevens, LLP

20080114541 - Method, apparatus and system for use in navigation: The present embodiments provide methods, processes and systems for use in determining navigation. Some embodiments provide methods that receive a communication at a mobile navigation system from an external device, determine whether the communication comprises navigation information, extract the navigation information when the communication comprises navigation information, identify a navigation... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080114543 - Mobile phone based navigation system: A mobile phone based navigation system is disclosed. An application when installed in the mobile phone enables the use of mobile phone as a navigation system. The application can adjust to various features of the mobile phone and utilizes phone memory or external memory to store the navigational information and... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20080114542 - Route searching device, route searching method, and route searching processing program: The route searching device detects an optimum route among possible routes from a first point to a second point, on the basis of link costs that are set for a plurality of links constituting the possible routes. The route searching device makes at least one of a determination on whether... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080114544 - Estimate of relative position between navigation units: A first navigation unit of an apparatus in one example comprises a hybrid global positioning system (GPS)/inertial navigation system (INS) component. The hybrid GPS/INS component provides first GPS information and first INS information for the first navigation unit. The first navigation unit is configured to receive second GPS information and... Agent: Patti, Hewitt & Arezina Llc

20080114545 - Navigation apparatus and position detection method: A navigation apparatus includes: a main unit to be attached to a mobile object through a base section, the main unit detecting a current position of the mobile object based on positioning information; a section that calculates acceleration applied to the mobile object based on the mobile object's speed; an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080114546 - Image navigation and registration accuracy improvement using parametric systematic error correction: A novel Parametric Systematic Error Correction (ParSEC) system is disclosed which provides improved system accuracy for image navigation and registration (INR). This system may be employed in any suitable imaging system and, more specifically, to all imaging systems that exhibit systematic distortion. The ParSEC system may be employed to any... Agent: K&a Associates

20080109118 - Lane marker detection and fitting: A method of lane marker detection and lane fitting is provided for lane tracking. A lane marker is modeled and split into left and right steps. A filter response is calculated from a cumulative row sum, and normalized for filter pixel size, lane marker brightness and road brightness. A lane... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080109119 - Method and apparatus for providing independent content to multiple terminals within a vehicle: A system 10 for distributing content includes a content provider 12 that provides content through various devices including a satellite 26 or a terrestrial-based system 38. The content provider 12 provides content to a content distribution system 70 within a vehicle 60. The content is provided by generating a first... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080109123 - Cryptology calculation for remote entry devices: A passive entry and start system includes a controller that calculates the cryptology required for each remote identification device during idle transmission time to reduce overall system actuation time.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Law Department

20080109122 - Work machine control using off-board information: A control system to dynamically control the operation of a work machine using information obtained from a remote entity includes a controller configured to determine a position of the work machine. The controller may also be configured to query a remote entity for information related to the position of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080109124 - Method of planning the movement of trains using pre-allocation of resources: A method of scheduling the movement of trains using the creation and the pre-allocation of virtual resources in order to develop an optimized schedule of actual train movement.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080109127 - Guided travel control method and control apparatus for unmanned vehicle: The guided travel control method and guided travel control apparatus capable of creating a traveling course by teaching only target earth unloading points, without traveling through all passage points of the traveling course, prior to the guided traveling, when each traveling course to each target earth unloading point is taught,... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080109128 - Compliance manager: An estimate compliance tool to specify estimate compliance criteria is presented. In one embodiment, the tool can be provided using hardware, software or a combination thereof, and can be configured to include functionality to facilitate creation of rules to outline criteria for estimate creation or invoicing. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080109129 - Cooling device, control method of cooling device, and abnormality specification method: The start control of the invention repeatedly performs a start-up process for a start of an oil pump, which pressure feeds the flow of oil in a motor cooling system, at the timings of rise in either of motor temperatures by every 10° C. from a preset initial starting temperature.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080109130 - Remote vehicle diagnosis system: A remote vehicle diagnosis system comprises an electronic control unit, a signal transmitter, a first network communicator, a second network communicator, a signal reproducer/learner and a diagnosis instrument. The electronic control unit, the signal transmitter and the first network communicator are connected to each other by line. The first network... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080109134 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for calculating a torque overlay command in a steering control system: A method, system, and computer program product for calculating a torque overlay command in a steering control system is provided. The method includes receiving a current hand wheel angle, receiving a change in vehicle yaw moment command, and calculating a lateral force in response to the change in vehicle yaw... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080109133 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for tire slip angle limiting in a steering control system: A method, system, and computer program product for tire slip angle limiting in a steering control system for a vehicle are provided. The method includes calculating a first steering augmentation angle from a vehicle speed and a handwheel angle. The method further includes calculating an upper bound angle limit and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080109136 - Adjustable crash trigger apparatus and method thereof: The present invention relates to an adjustable crash trigger apparatus and a method thereof. The adjustable crash trigger apparatus according to the present invention includes a power supply module, an electronic accelerometer module, and a microcontroller module, which includes at least a real-time processing unit and a beacon-activated command unit.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080109138 - Diagnosis apparatus for passenger protection system: A diagnosis apparatus for an airbag system includes a squib, a driving transistor connected in series with the squib to activate the squib by driving current when driven by a control circuit. The control circuit drives the driving transistor to supply small monitoring current periodically to the squib under slew... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080109139 - Vehicle, vehicle control device, and vehicle control method: A vehicle includes a drive device applying a driving force to a wheel, a brake device applying a braking force to the vehicle, and a control device controlling the drive device and the brake device. When the traveling direction and the acting direction of the driving force are opposite, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109140 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle having a side support portion that is controlled depending on a road condition, includes a distance calculating means for calculating a distance of a straight portion between a first curve, on which a vehicle is supposed to be driven, and a second curve, on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080109141 - Systems and methods for augmenting an inertial navigation system: Systems and methods for augmenting an inertial navigation system (INS) include outputting from the INS position information associated with the implement and adjusting the implement based upon a comparison of the position information of the implement and a desired position of the implement. The INS is periodically re-initialized using error... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080109142 - Power output apparatus, motor vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus: The drive control of the invention is applicable to a motor vehicle equipped with an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a transmission, and an accumulator unit. In the motor vehicle, a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109121 - Bicycle user information apparatus: A bicycle user information apparatus comprises an information receiver that receives information corresponding to the bicycle user through the Internet; and an administration control unit that manages the information received through the information receiver and enables external access to the managed information in response to predetermined criteria. The administration control... Agent: Deland Law Office

20080109120 - Travel control system for vehicle: A travel controller which controls the travel of a subject vehicle based on a distance to and a relative speed with respect to a control object determined by a control object determiner. If stoppage of the subject vehicle by a decelerating operation of a driver is detected by a manual... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080109125 - Method and system for torque control of a hybrid automobile after a start: It is provided that a torque difference (ΔM) is determined between a predetermined nominal torque (M_s) and an actual requested desired torque (M_w), an that the first drive source (12) is operated according to the predetermined nominal torque (M_s) when predetermined criteria are met, and that the electric machine (14)... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.a.

20080109126 - Lawn care robot: A robot lawnmower includes a body and a drive system carried by the body and configured to maneuver the robot across a lawn. The robot also includes a grass cutter and a swath edge detector, both carried by the body. The swath edge detector is configured to detect a swath... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080109132 - Human machine interface system for automotive application: An integrated control interface is provided for the driver of the vehicle. The control interface employs a plurality of multi-functional switches located proximate to the driver in combination with a display that provides an indicia of the vehicle function controlled by each switch. A control module receives control signals from... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080109131 - Refuse vehicle control system and method: A refuse vehicle is disclosed that includes a control system which comprises a plurality of microprocessor based interface modules, a communication network, and at least one output device. The control system is configured to disable the output device based on certain conditions of the refuse vehicle.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080109135 - Roll stability control and roll-over mitigation by steering actuation: The invention relates to a method for reducing a risk of or avoiding a roll-over event of a vehicle, having means of an electronic controllable steering system and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit identifies the occurrence of the roll-over risk, such that control means generate a signal... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20080109137 - Method for actuating a reversible vehicle occupant protection means in a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a method for actuating a reversible vehicle occupant protection means in a motor vehicle having a driving state sensor system and a reversible vehicle occupant protection means. The reversible vehicle occupant protection means can be triggered before the collision time and as a result moved into... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080109143 - Motor vehicle transmission control for operating a motor vehicle transmission: In a control for a motor vehicle transmission having a clutch and means for establishing and/or releasing an engagement of a toothing or of jaws of the motor vehicle transmission including a control unit for actuating the clutch for transmitting a torque to a first component of the toothing, the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080109145 - Control system and control method for internal combustion engine equipped with supercharger: A control system for an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger calculates a target intake mass airflow (mt′) in accordance with an accelerator pedal travel (θA), using a virtual internal combustion engine model having a virtual upstream intake air pressure (PA). The control system then calculates a target throttle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109144 - Method for monitoring the operability of a fuel injection system: A method for monitoring the operability of injection system of an internal combustion engine is described whereby, if the quantity of fuel injected changes, a malfunction source is detected according to the behavior of the pressure obtaining in the high-pressure accumulator. An appropriate emergency control program is executed by the... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080109146 - System for controlling adsorber regeneration: A system, method, and software for regenerating an adsorber connected with a flow of exhaust from an engine. An open-loop control module for ramping up and maintaining a temperature value of an adsorber to a regeneration temperature value by controlling an air fuel ratio value of an engine to operate... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080109147 - Controller for gas concentration sensor: An oxygen sensor is employed for determining whether the exhaust air-fuel ratio is rich or lean. A voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor at device impedance calculation intervals to calculate device impedance. After device impedance calculation, a reverse voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor with a view toward... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109148 - Controller for gas concentration sensor: An oxygen sensor is employed for determining whether the exhaust air-fuel ratio is rich or lean. A voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor at device impedance calculation intervals to calculate device impedance. After device impedance calculation, a reverse voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor with a view toward... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109149 - Device for controlling an idling stop of an engine: In a device for controlling idling stop of an engine in which the idling stop is carried out when a temperature of the engine that is about to be stopped by the idling stop is higher than a threshold value, when the start improvement device does not function normally, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080109150 - Starter inter-lock for an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a flywheel, a starter for rotatably driving the flywheel, at least one starter parameter indicator, and an engine control module. Each indicator provides an output signal representing a start or no-start condition for the starter. The engine control module is coupled with the starter and... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c.

20080109151 - Method and control device for triggering solenoid valves assigned to gas-exchange valves: A method for triggering solenoid valves assigned to gas-exchange valves in an electrohydraulic valve activation of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion chambers. The solenoid valves assigned to the gas-exchange valves may be activated independently of each other. To this end, crankshaft-synchronous trigger signal for solenoid valves... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080109152 - Selective displacement control of multi-plunger fuel pump: A pump for a combustion engine is disclosed. The pump may have at least one pumping member movable through a plurality of displacement strokes during a single engine cycle. The pump may also have a controller in communication with the at least one pumping member. The controller may have stored... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080109153 - Gps-generated traffic information: Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality data are produced and issued to the traveler.... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080109154 - Rating that represents the status along a specified driving route: A rating is calculated that represents the traffic conditions of a specified driving route. A driving route is specified that includes a plurality of different roads. The traffic conditions for each of the different roads of the driving route are obtained. A rating is then calculated for the driving route... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080109155 - Navigation terminal device and navigation method: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771, a destination display unit 773, a route line drawing unit 774 for holding retrieved location information or destination information or both of them and drawing a route from a reference point based on the retrieved information or destination information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109156 - System and method for a 3-dimensional matrix virtual travel agent to customize a sequential multi-destination route trip: A 3-Dimensional matrix virtual travel agent for business and leisure travelers to customize sequential multi-destination route trip is disclosed. The system comprises a Web based 3-Dimensional matrix consisting axes of departure city, arrival city, and travel services that provide a customized sequential multi-destination route travel service. A traveler may easily... Agent: David H. Lee

20080109157 - Navigation apparatus, navigation method, and navigation program: Navigation apparatus, methods, and programs merge and correct a plurality of types of past traffic information. The apparatus, methods, and programs may store a plurality of types of past traffic information, each type of past traffic information having a priority and may merge the stored past traffic information in accordance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109159 - Method of client side map rendering with tiled vector data: In one example, an apparatus and method are provided for rendering map images. In one example, an apparatus (e.g., a map server) includes logic for causing the transfer of tiled vector image data in response to a map request, wherein the vector data is associated with stored map data divided... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080109158 - Real time performance comparison: Real time performance comparison involves identifying predefined route data corresponding to a route. Measured locations are detected while a user traverses the route carrying a mobile device. The measured locations are sent via a network synchronously with the detection of the respective measured locations. Comparative data points are derived based... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080109160 - Device for assisting in the navigation of an aircraft in an airport zone: The invention relates to a device for assisting in the navigation of an aircraft in an airport zone comprising a surface navigation system and means of acquiring in real time, while navigating on the ground or in flight, new information or temporary information relating to the navigation in the airport... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080109161 - Vehicle navigation system including camera unit: The present invention relates to a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system includes a navigation information provider for providing navigation information comprising at least one of origination information, vehicle location information and destination information for guiding a driver to a desired destination, a display unit for displaying the navigation... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080109162 - Vehicle dynamic navigation system and method: A vehicle dynamic navigation method and system in which an on-vehicle main unit calculates a total navigation path subject to the set start location and destination, and transmits a position information indicative of the vehicle's current position received from a global positioning system through a wireless transceiver to a remote... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080109164 - Lead route guidance system, portable route lead guidance device, and program: A lead route guidance system capable of displaying route guidance not causing the user to be confused by the difference between the line of vision and the route guidance image, a portable route lead guidance device, and program are provided. The lead route guidance system comprises route storage means storing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080109163 - Systems and methods for providing aircraft runway guidance: There is presented a system and method for providing aircraft runway guidance. One delineated runway alert system for a host aircraft comprises: a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the runway alert system; a data storage device including geographical runway information; a... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080109165 - Navigation system for a vehicle: A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system includes a rearview mirror system, including an interior rearview mirror assembly, having an interior reflective element and interior mirror housing for the interior reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly further includes a scrolling display. The scrolling display displays scrolling driver informational messages on... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080109166 - Navigation apparatus and navigation information calculation method: A navigation apparatus includes: a section that calculates a mobile object's acceleration in the direction of the motion, based on the mobile object's speed calculated from information received from a satellite; a section that calculates lateral acceleration whose direction is perpendicular to the mobile object's motion, based on the mobile... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080103638 - Engine load management for power machines: Controlling a drive system for a power machine having an engine is discussed. The method includes receiving a control signal and calculating a base output value based on the control signal. The base output value is compensated for a load applied to the engine. A signal indicative of the compensated... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080103637 - Method and structures for attaching accessories to an electronic device: A housing comprises a track for accepting at least one removably couplable attachment. A portion of an exterior peripheral surface of the housing is recessed relative to adjacent portions of the exterior peripheral surface. The recessed portion and a non-recessed portion of the exterior peripheral surface define a track for... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080103639 - Systems and methods for haptics-enabled teleoperation of vehicles and other devices: Systems and methods are disclosed for haptics-enabled teleoperation of vehicles and other devices, including remotely-controlled air, water, and land-based vehicles, manufacturing robots, and other suitable teleoperable devices. In one embodiment, a system for teleoperation of a vehicle comprises a control component configured to provide position and orientation control with haptic... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080103640 - Vehicle remote control apparatus and method: A vehicle remote control apparatus (100) for causing a vehicle (101) to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user includes a location identifying unit (204) configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked, and a decision unit configured... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080103641 - Methods and apparatus for overlaying non-georeferenced symbology on a georeferenced chart: Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying flight hazard data on a display in an aircraft. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes displaying an electronic aeronautical chart comprising georeferenced formatted data, converting non-georeferenced flight hazard data into a georeferenced format, and displaying the converted flight... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080103643 - Method and device for constructing a low-altitude flight plan to be followed by an aircraft: The invention concerns a method and a device for constructing a low-altitude flight path to be followed by an aircraft. The device (1) comprises a database (3) containing a terrain profile concerning the terrain to be flown over by the aircraft, a set of data sources (5), first means (6)... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080103645 - Method and system for context sensitive aircraft navigation: A method and system for context sensitive navigation of an aircraft is provided. The method comprises obtaining data for use at takeoff, enroute, or at a destination, and interpreting the data to infer conditions during takeoff, enroute, or at the destination. One or more viable flight plans are determined based... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080103648 - Method and system for grade crossing protection: Apparatus and methods for a grade crossing protection system include at least one camera providing surveillance of a grade crossing, the at least one camera coupled to a transmitter configured to transmit a signal that includes imagery of the grade crossing to a transceiver onboard a train. A display unit... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080103649 - Method of near real-time band jamming prevention: The present invention relates to a method of near real-time band jamming prevention, which provides a vehicle controller with the ability of examining autonomously the communication band between itself and a remote guidance and control apparatus, so that the vehicle controller can judge the jamming extent suffered by the communication... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080103650 - Fault information management system and a method for implementing a fault information management system for a vehicle: The present invention relates to a fault information management system and method for implementing fault information management system for a vehicle. The present invention provides a fault information management system for a vehicle comprising: an interface for connecting a fault item; a first memory for storing a fault state; a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080103654 - Tire state monitoring apparatus: There is provided a tire state monitoring apparatus including transponders mounted on a plurality of tires possessed by a vehicle, and ECUs provided on a vehicle body repeatedly transmit address electric waves for acquiring data showing tire states to the transponders at fixed intervals. The ECUs transmit estimates of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080103656 - Universal serial bus memory device for use in a vehicle diagnostic device: A method and apparatus are provided that allow an off-the-shelf USB flash memory device to used with a scan tool. The USB flash memory device can have a different operating system then the proprietary operating system of the scan tool. The method and apparatus allows the scan tool to read... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103658 - Scan tool software update using an image: A method and software for updating a vehicle diagnostic device's software diagnostic device's software stored on a flash memory device when the memory device is located in a memory card reader coupled to a computing device. The method includes communicating with a driver of a flash memory card reader without... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103659 - Method and system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre during the running of a vehicle: A method and a system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre fitted on a vehicle during a running of the vehicle on a rolling surface includes the steps of determining the lateral acceleration of a portion of the tyre tread spaced apart from the equatorial plane of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080103660 - Systems for detecting animate objects in a vehicle compartment: Systems for detecting animate objects in a vehicle compartment include active materials based sensors for detecting the presence of an animate object in the compartment. The systems produce a response if the sensors detect the presence of an animate object in the compartment and at least one other predetermined condition... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080103663 - Transmission controller and vehicle including the same: A transmission controller includes a rotatable shaft that controls engagement and disengagement of a variable speed clutch. An actuator, such as an electric motor, drives the shaft. The shaft is rotated alternately in the normal and reverse directions by supplying a low level current to such an extent that a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080103664 - Control apparatus and control method of a vehicle, and recording medium on which a program that commands a computer to realize that contro method is recorded: An ECT_ECU executes a program that includes the steps of i) starting a TD (1) timer when a shift determination is made and a change amount ΔTH of a throttle opening amount is greater than ΔTH (1), ii) starting a TD (2) timer when ΔTH is greater than ΔTH (2),... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080103665 - Control apparatus and method for shift-position changing mechanism: A control apparatus for a shift-position changing mechanism that changes the shift positions of an automatic transmission mounted in a vehicle using a rotational force of an actuator based on a signal corresponding to the state of an operation member, including: a mechanism that generates a rotational force for moving... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080103666 - Algorithm reliability to improve judgment for roll over of a vehicle: A first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes detecting pressures applied to a left front wheel, a left back wheel, a right front wheel, and a right back wheel; and judging that the possibility of roll over exists if any of the pressures applied to the left wheels, the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080103668 - Brake control apparatus for vehicle and brake control method for vehicle: A brake control apparatus which is used in a vehicle having wheels on left and right sides, and controls a braking force provided to each wheel is disclosed. The brake control apparatus is provided with a vehicle body speed calculating section, a steering angle calculating section, and an ECU. A... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080103669 - Anti-skid control apparatus: An anti-skid control apparatus comprises an anti-skid control means for controlling a pressure reducing valve and a pressure increasing valve, each of which operated for a target wheel when an anti-skid condition is established for the target wheel, the pressure increasing valve controlled in order to linearly change a pressure... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080103670 - Method for controlling regenerative braking in an electric vehicle: Provided is a method for controlling regenerative braking in an electric vehicle, including operating regenerative braking, checking if a data communication using a control area network (CAN) standard is properly made between a regenerative braking torque controller and a hydraulic pressure braking torque controller, and enabling the regenerative braking torque... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080103642 - System for minimization of aircraft damage on collision: A system for minimizing damage on collision to a vehicle having at least one self-propelled wheel is disclosed. The system comprises a motor in a wheel of said vehicle which drives the vehicle, means for measuring the speed of said wheel, means for measuring the torque of said motor, means... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20080103644 - Method and system for using database and gps data to linearize vor and ils navigation data: A method and system for determining a deviation of a vehicle from a desired course are described. The method includes receiving bearing signals from a transmitter, accessing a database, on the vehicle, to obtain transmitter position information identifying a position of the transmitter, obtaining vehicle position information using GPS identifying... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20080103646 - Method and device for aiding the guidance of an aircraft along a flight trajectory: The device 1 comprises means (3, 4, 5) making it possible to cause the aircraft to pass at least one particular waypoint of the flight trajectory, at an associated target time, and to do so to within an associated temporal tolerance.... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080103647 - Guidance system for an aircraft: The guidance system (1) comprises a first means (2) for guiding the aircraft whilst maintaining a spacing with another aircraft, a second means (3) for making the aircraft pass through a particular waypoint at a required passing time, and means (5) for selecting automatically one of said first and second... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080103653 - Adaptive diagnostic cable: An apparatus and method are provided that allow a scan tool to communicate with a data link connector in a vehicle. A cable that can automatically multiplex its connections in order to make the appropriate connections between the scan tool and a data link connector based on a communication protocol... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103652 - Adaptive diagnostic cable with relay: An apparatus and method are provided that allow a scan tool to communicate with a data link connector in a vehicle. A cable that can automatically multiplex its connections in order to make the appropriate connections between the scan tool and a data link connector based on a communication protocol... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080103651 - User interface and method for vehicle control system: A vehicle system comprises a control system for an equipment service vehicle and a personal digital assistant. The control system comprises a power source, a power transmission link, a plurality of input devices, a plurality of output devices, a plurality of microprocessor-based interface modules and a communication network. The plurality... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080103655 - Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system: A vehicle communication and control system is provided that may be more readily installed in a vehicle and that utilizes minimal additional wiring. According to some of the disclosed embodiments, the electrical components of the “brick” of a communication and control system are integrated into a rearview mirror assembly. Preferably,... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20080103657 - System and method for tracking information related to a vehicle: A method and system for delivering information regarding a vehicle, comprising: accepting user input information on a touch screen from a user as soon as ignition of vehicle is turned on and/or off; based on the user input information, track information related to the vehicle; and uploading the information related... Agent: Merritt Norton

20080103661 - Apparatus for controlling swivel angles of on-vehicle headlights: An apparatus controls a swivel angle of on-vehicle headlights, the swivel angle of the lights being changeable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. A target swivel angle of the headlights is determined based on, for example, load map data of the road ahead the vehicle, and a control start... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080103662 - Concrete placement vehicle control system and method: A concrete placement vehicle. The concrete placement vehicle includes a concrete mixing and placement system, at least one vehicle sensor configured to monitor a characteristic of the concrete placement vehicle and at least one concrete system sensor configured to monitor a characteristic of the system for mixing and placing concrete.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080103667 - Negative pressure control apparatus for vehicle breaking operation: A communication passage for generating braking negative pressure is connected to an air passage for respective cylinders at a downstream side of a throttle valve. An air ejector is provided in a negative pressure pipe, to which communication passages for the respective cylinders are converged. A negative pressure passage for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080103671 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine wherein a load applied to the engine from at least one auxiliary component and/or an air conditioner, which are both driven by the engine, is reduced when the engine is operating in a predetermined low-load operating state. A property of the fuel... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080103678 - Cylinder direct injection type internal combustion engine: A cylinder direct injection type internal combustion engine, including a fuel injection device configured to directly inject a first octane-value fuel and a second octane-value fuel into a combustion chamber. The second octane-value fuel has an octane value larger than an octane value of the first octane-value fuel. A controller... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

20080103677 - Fuel injection apparatus: A fuel injection apparatus comprising a fuel injection arrangement for delivering a fuel injection pulse sequence to a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle, the fuel injection pulse sequence comprising a plurality of discrete fuel injection pulses, each discrete fuel injection pulse having a fuel injection pulse type (for example:... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080103672 - Fuel injection control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An operating condition value is acquired at the time of internal combustion engine startup. If the acquired condition value is one of a plurality of reference condition values for which optimum values are defined, the optimum value for the reference condition value is set as a fuel injection amount. If,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080103675 - Fuel injection controller and diagnosis method of fuel supply system: A fuel injection controller (incorporated in an engine control ECU) for controlling an injection operation of an injector has a program for executing injections in plural injection patterns including an injection pattern of a multiple injection in a certain order into a certain cylinder of the engine during non-injection operation... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080103673 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine in at least two partial injections, and in which an actual torque supplied by the internal combustion engine is ascertained from operating variables of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080103676 - Direct injection gaseous-fuelled engine and method of controlling fuel injection pressure: An engine operating method and a direct injection gaseous fuelled system directly injects a gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber during a compression stroke, commands gaseous fuel injection pressure to a target value that is determined as a function of at least one pre-selected engine parameter, measures actual gaseous fuel... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080103674 - Method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure limiting valve: In a method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure limiting valve for releasing fuel from a common rail fuel injection system to a tank with a fuel supply including a throttle wherein, based on a stationary rail pressure present during manual operation, a load reduction is detected when... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080103679 - Accessory drive system: The present invention provides an accessory drive system for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of accessories, and a primary internal combustion engine adapted to drive the vehicle. The accessory drive system includes an auxiliary internal combustion engine operatively connected to each of the plurality of accessories. The auxiliary... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080103680 - Exhaust gas recirculation system: An exhaust gas recirculation system is provided, including an exhaust gas recirculation flowpath configured to route a portion of exhaust gases produced by an engine back to an air intake of the engine. The system may also include an exhaust gas recirculation valve configured to regulate the flow of exhaust... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080103681 - Misfire detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine:

20080103682 - Control device of hybrid vehicle: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of detecting an opening degree of an accelerator pedal and a state of a power generation command to MG, if a KCS feedback execution condition is met, and a step of detecting a KCS feedback correction amount eakcs, if the accelerator... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080103683 - Start-up control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: The present invention is directed to a start-up control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can further improve the start-up characteristics of an internal combustion engine. An ECU is provided that corrects a position at which the crankshaft stops or a position at which the crankshaft is predicted to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080103684 - Diagnosis method for an exhaust gas post-treatment system: The invention relates to a diagnosis method for an exhaust gas post-treatment system for the reduction of nitric oxides in the exhaust gas train of an internal combustion engine by means of selective catalytic reduction. The following steps are provided for easy recognition of errors: definition of at least one... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080103685 - Wireless transmission system: A wireless transmission device makes it possible to access the internet from a wireless LAN terminal, and notifies the state of wireless connection to a public wireless transmission network to the wireless LAN terminal, thereby alleviating uncertainty and disquiet on the part of the user when connecting to this network.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080103686 - Apparatus and method for route navigation of multiple destinations: An apparatus and method for route navigation for multiple destinations. Route parameters can be received and a route (140, 142) can be generated for multiple destinations (132, 134). An estimated time of arrival can be calculated for each destination. An updated estimated time of arrival can be generated for one... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080103687 - Device for course indication to aid in navigation: A navigation aid device for use when a predetermined route is followed, said route extending from a starting point along a series of break points up to a destination being the last break point. The device comprises an elongated course indication unit extending on either side of a fixed center... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20080103688 - Method and system for a travel route preference repository based on gps services: A system and method for a travel route preference repository based on global positioning services (GPS). The system includes an information input member being configured to accept input information from users of the system. The input information is an evaluation of routes that the users have traversed. An information correlation... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080103689 - Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services: In at least one embodiment, a plurality of raw time-stamped waypoints describing a geographical route are received. The plurality of raw time-stamped waypoints are filtered based upon at least one of a set including a threshold distance between pairs of the plurality of raw time-stamped waypoints and a velocity indicated... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080103690 - Nudge compensation for curved swath paths: A method for adjusting a curved swath path in a swath generation apparatus used in an automated vehicle guidance system to compensate for changes in vehicle position signals.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080103691 - System, method and apparatus for searching geographic area using prioritized spatial order: A spatial data search method, system and apparatus for identifying particular data of significance around a reference vector through the spatial data. The method involves determining a reference vector within a spatial region for which spatial data exists, loading a portion of the spatial data including the data around the... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20080103692 - Road information storage apparatus, program for the same, and system for the same: A vehicle navigation system detects a new road that is not recorded in a map for updating map data during a travel. After exiting from the new road, the increase of the data size of road map data at a time of addition of the new road to the map... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080103693 - Method and apparatus for communicating map and route guidance information for vehicle navigation: A route information supply system comprises a reception module which receives information on a current position and a destination from a terminal device by communication, a map data storage module storing at least detailed map data and summary map data, a traffic information storage module which stores traffic information, a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080103694 - Method and apparatus for creating curved swath patterns for farm machinery: A method for defining, using, and adjusting curved swath patterns and a swath generation apparatus implementing said method for use in an automated vehicle guidance system.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080103695 - Navigational aid system for fishermen: A navigational aid system for fishermen comprises a computer that is connected to the Internet. The computer accesses a high resolution map in the vicinity of a fishing boat. The map depicts the ocean temperature and depth profile in relation to marked latitude and longitudinal indicators. A specialized GPS system... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20080103696 - Navigation system: The present invention relates to a method of determining the location of a target. The method includes initializing a set of base stations to determine their location relative to each other. At the target, the time of arrival of at least one signal from each of the plurality of base... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080103697 - Relevancy check for vehicle safety messages using a path history: There is disclosed a method for avoiding a collision in a vehicle including the steps of: providing a transmitting vehicle, providing a receiving vehicle, creating data information in the transmitting vehicle, sending the data information to the receiving vehicle, and determining the relevancy of the data information to the receiving... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.